100 times my current broadband speed? Yes please!

Gekko71 · Post by **Gekko71** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:16 am

Is it just me, or does this particular development have the potential to shake up more than just the internet?

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=594743

Topher · Post by **Topher** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:09 am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_mile

TIGERassault · Post by **TIGERassault** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:41 am

Actually, that's all relative to Australian internet. Speeding that up by 100 times would still produce an end connection slower than broadband.

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:42 am

While pure light switching technology is definitely needed on the internet, it does little or nothing for the consumer end of it. It can't directly speed up your cable or DSL because both are stuck using electrical signaling anyway. Your DSL or cable line would only show a difference from this technology by experiencing less internet congestion over a long distance transfer.

Current technology of having to convert light to electrical signals for switching and then back into light is the Achilles heel of the internet backbone connections.

Spooky · Post by **Spooky** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:47 am

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:33 pm

To say nothing of how or why providers will still regulate bandwidth up and make you pay a lot more to get higher up speeds. You can only d/l as fast as something is being uploaded. (of course)

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 1:30 pm

Something the providers are cheating a bit on is the fact that the internet as a swarm is only as fast as the sum of the connected upload speed. So no matter how many 10-30 mbit downloads you attach to the net, it will still be no faster than the 512 kbit uploads they offer.

Tricord · Post by **Tricord** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 6:11 am

Krom wrote:Something the providers are cheating a bit on is the fact that the internet as a swarm is only as fast as the sum of the connected upload speed. So no matter how many 10-30 mbit downloads you attach to the net, it will still be no faster than the 512 kbit uploads they offer.

That would be true if there were only eyeball networks on the internet (which isn't the case).

Richard Cranium · Post by **Richard Cranium** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 10:26 pm

Got to love the acronym they have too. I bet they say it KOO-dose.

CUDOS
Centre for Ultra-high-bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems

100 times my current broadband speed? Yes please!

100 times my current broadband speed? Yes please!

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